UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-FLINT

DEPARTMENT of MUSIC

Handbookfor Music Students

UPDATED September 2, 2016

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September 2016

Dear University of Michigan-Flint Music Student,

Welcome, and welcome back, to the Department of Music! We hope that your study of music at the University of Michigan-Flint will deepen your understanding of the discipline of music, and broaden your perspectives of this universal art form.

This Handbook for Music Students contains important information for the music major, music minor, and applied music student. Here you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning the department, its policies, and program as they relate to applied music study (including recitals). Please read this document thoroughly.

We wish you success in your future music study at UM-Flint and enrichment for your musical lives now and in future.

The Music Faculty

Department Mission and Program Assessment

We serve students from a variety of musical backgrounds who are willing to demonstrate their commitment to becoming life-long musicians, challenging them to achieve excellence and mentoring them toward their goals. To accomplish this, the department offers an extensive music curriculum as well as a rich and diverse calendar of events including concerts, recitals, clinics, and workshops that provide opportunities for performers and audiences while promoting the universitys outreach efforts. (adopted April 29, 2013)

The Department of Music participates in the university-wide effort to assess its academic programs. Information on assessment plans, including goals, methods, and outcomes is available at http://www.umflint.edu/assessment. The departments assessment objectives are given in the following section.

Department Objectives

As the Department of Music at the University of Michigan-Flint develops, it makes every attempt to be true to the mission of the university. Our objectives as a department are the following:

1. To provide all music majors (B.A., B.M., and B.M.E.) with foundations in music history, music theory, and applied music; and, to provide preparation for students who wish to pursue graduate study in music.

2. To train competent music teachers for public and private elementary and secondary schools (B.M.E.).

3. To provide a foundation for students who wish to pursue music professions other than teaching.

4. To offer music performance, theory, literature, and methods courses for non-majors at the university, and courses to fulfill general education requirements.

5. To serve the Genesee County regional area music teachers and their students through courses, clinics, and workshops.

6. To provide a rich and diverse calendar of events enhancing opportunities for concert and recital attendance which promote the universitys outreach efforts and improve the quality of life in the communitys service area.

7. To provide opportunities for talented middle school and senior high school musicians to participate in intensive performance programs designed to develop their skills and heighten their enjoyment of and appreciation for the art of music.

I. Assessment Plan Objectives for Degree Programs Offered

BACHELOR OF ARTS

1. Students will acquire understanding of the common elements and organizational patterns of music and their interactions in aural, verbal, and visual modes.

2. Students will acquire knowledge of basic history and repertory through the present time, placing music in historical, cultural, and stylistic contexts.

3. Students will acquire the ability to use technologies current to their areas of specialization.

4. Students will acquire technical skills requisite for artistic self-expression in at least one major solo performance area.

BACHELOR OF MUSIC

Numbers 1-4 above and

5. Students will demonstrate ability to present an artistically compelling performance of representative literature.

BACHELOR OF MUSIC EDUCATION

Numbers 1-5 above and

6. Students will demonstrate ability to edit and produce audio recordings of concerts

and recitals.

7. Students will demonstrate knowledge necessary to teach music performance and

literature to elementary and secondary school students.

8. Students will demonstrate potential to effectively communicate knowledge about music and music performance to elementary and secondary schools students.

II. Guidelines for Applied Music Study

Students who have passed the departments audition may register for Applied Music. Audition information is available in the Department of Music Office (126 French Hall) and on the departments web site.

In Applied Music, the student strives to achieve mastery of techniques idiomatic to the instrument studied, and demonstrates musicianship through the interpretation of representative repertoire. The Music 151 level is for entering freshmen who have passed the audition. Here the student is introduced to college level study in Applied Music. During the semester, the instructor will determine the appropriate studies for each individual student. The majority of transfer students are placed in Music 151. Placement to a higher level takes place if the students background and previous studies justify such, and if the audition is truly exceptional.

The student is responsible for contacting his/her Applied Music instructor and working out a time for Applied Music lessons; this must be done within the first week of classes. If the student does not have contact information for the Applied Music instructor, the students should obtain it from the administrative assistant in the Department of Music office.

Please take care to register for the correct section of Applied Music in order to receive credit for your course. The section number designates the instrument (voice) to be studied.

The Applied Music final grade depends upon several factors: weekly preparation for lessons, Performance Class attendance and performances required, concert attendance, and the jury performance. Please read these sections of the Handbook for Music Students very carefully.

A student who wishes to continue in Applied Music after a one-year enrollment lapse must re-audition.

1) Applied Music Requirements for Degrees Offered at UM-Flint

Please note the Applied Music course requirements for your program of study.

Bachelor of Music Education

MUS 151Applied Music I2 credits

MUS 152Applied Music II2 credits

MUS 251Applied Music III2 credits

MUS 252Applied Music IV2 credits

MUS 351Applied Music V2 credits

MUS 352Applied Music VI2 credits

MUS 451Applied Music VII2 credits

MUS 452Senior Performance2 credits

Bachelor of Arts in Music

MUS 151Applied Music I2 credits

MUS 152Applied Music II2 credits

MUS 251Applied Music III2 credits

MUS 252Applied Music IV2 credits

MUS 351Applied Music V2 credits

MUS 352Applied Music VI2 credits

Bachelor of Music in Performance

MUS 151Applied Music I2 credits

MUS 152Applied Music II2 credits

MUS 251Applied Music III2 credits

MUS 252Applied Music IV2 credits

MUS 351Applied Music V2 credits

MUS 352Applied Music VI2 credits, taken concurrently with MUS 356

[MUS 356Junior Recital2 credits]

MUS 451Applied Music VII2 credits

MUS 452Senior Performance2 credits, taken concurrently with MUS 456

[MUS 456Senior Recital2 credits]

2) Scale and Arpeggio Requirements for Instrumentalists*

In the interest of uniformity, the following schedule of scales and arpeggios will be used for applied study levels for instrumentalists and will be required for their respective jury performance:

Music 151All major and and minor scales-two octaves, eighth notes (M.M. quarter note = 112)

Music 152All major and minor scales-two octaves (M.M. quarter note = 112)

Music 251All major and minor scales

All major and minor arpeggios-two octaves, eighth notes (M.M. quarter note = 112)

Music 252All major and minor scales, and these scales in 3rds

All major and minor arpeggios

All dominant and diminished (fully and half) seventh arpeggios-two octaves, eighth notes (M.M. quarter note = 112)

These materials must be mastered at the Music 252 level and clearly demonstrated in

the technique portion of the Music 252 jury. Failure to clearly demonstrate

proficiency in technique alone will result in non-advancement to Music 351.

Music 351All technique materials from Music 252.

All pentatonic scales in two octaves (M.M. quarter note = 112)

Music 352All technique materials from Music 351

All whole tone scales in two octaves (M.M. quarter note = 112)

Music 451All technique materials from Music 352

Modal scales (dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, mixolydian, and locrian) two octaves

(M.M. quarter note = 112)

* Because keyboardists follow a different progression of scale advancement, please consult your Applied Music instructor.

3) Participation in Large Performance Groups

All students accepted by the Department of Music for applied music study must participate in a large performance group each semester they are enrolled in Applied Music. Wind and percussion majors must enroll in Wind Symphony, and vocal majors must enroll in University Chorale, and string majors must enroll in University Orchestra.